This article , published in the British Dental Journal in November 2018looks at the provision of professional indemnity in the UK, what the different products are and the importance of making appropriate choices that suit your practicing circumstances in what is quite a confusing...
I wrote this Opinion piece for the BDJ to raise some important unintended consequences of introducing NHS primary care dental services for more complex treatments like endodontics, oral surgery and periodontology. Whilst the idea is excellent in principle a sit provides high quality care for NHS patients it also has...
The consistent mantra from anyone associated with indemnity organisations advising on managing complaints will be, “You need to write more notes”. A response to that is the widespread use of electronic notes and with it templates and copy and paste ready made notes. These are clearly time saving devices when much of...
I use this set of slides to introduce the concepts of clinical negligence to dentists and use clinical cases to illustrate the issues Loading... Taking too long? Reload document | ...
This presentation was given to postgraduate dentist delegates at Addenbrookes Hospital in January 2018.I tend to change this presentation and add different slides to it but this is my latest version of it Loading... Taking too...
Martin Woodrow from the BDA has written this article in BDJ in Practice about the progress (or lack ) of NHS dental contract reform in England. Along with other pilot practices ,I was interviewed as part of the article and shared my views of some of the frustrations and concerns going...
This peer reviewed article , published in the BDJ, reflects on the educational development of the dental law and ethics course at the University Bedfordshire.With the help of Claire Morris, I inspired and designed the curriculum for the PG Cert which uniquely was the only one in the UK that provides this specifically...
Many words have been written about the 2006 NHS contract in England , some of which have been mine. In this document, which I use as a handout for my NHS regulations talk, I have highlighted some of the important clauses which I discuss with the aid of scenarios to engage with the delegates. I can assure you I...
This article was part of a themed issues in the British Dental Journal inspired and edited by Professor Avi Banerjee from Kings College. Loading... Taking too long? Reload...
This article , written with two experienced solicitors from BLM and published in the peer reviewed BDJ, looks at the consent landscape following the landmark Montgomery case in 2016 and considers how courts are viewing these matters...